Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D10 / Black Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Region/subregion Black Sea
Reported by Member state
Member state
Bulgaria
Romania
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • BLK-BG-AA-Coastal
  • BLK-BG-AA-EmineMaslennos
  • BLK-BG-AA-GalataEmine
  • BLK-BG-AA-KaliakraGalata
  • BLK-BG-AA-MaslennosRezovo
  • BLK-BG-AA-OpenSea
  • BLK-BG-AA-Shelf
  • BLK-BG-AA-SivriburunKaliakra
  • BLK_RO_RG_CT
  • BLK_RO_RG_MT01
Features Chemical
  • Litter in the environment (27)
  • Litter in the environment (8)
Element Artificial polymer materials
  • D10C1 (1)
Element Cloth/textile
  • D10C1 (1)
Element Glass/ceramics
  • D10C1 (1)
Element Macrolitter (all)
  • D10C1 (14)
Element Metal
  • D10C1 (1)
Element Microlitter (all)
  • D10C2 (13)
Element Other
  • D10C1 (1)
Element Processed/worked wood
  • D10C1 (1)
Element Rubber
  • D10C1 (1)
Element Undefined
  • D10C1 (1)
Element2
  • Fishing nets
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • EU (27)
  • EU (8)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10 Litter
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10C1 Litter (excluding micro-litter) (10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2)
  • Amount on coastline (1)
  • Amount on seabed (6)
  • Amount on water surface (7)
  • Amount on coastline (1)
  • Amount on seabed (7)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10C2 Micro-litter (10.1, 10.1.3)
  • Amount on coastline (2)
  • Amount on seabed (5)
  • Amount on water surface (6)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10C3 Litter ingested (10.1, 10.2.1)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10C4 Adverse effects of litter (10.2)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
87% (7)
Threshold value sources D10 Litter
Threshold value sources D10C1 Litter (excluding micro-litter) (10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2)
Threshold value sources D10C2 Micro-litter (10.1, 10.1.3)
Threshold value sources D10C3 Litter ingested (10.1, 10.2.1)
Threshold value sources D10C4 Adverse effects of litter (10.2)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
25% (7)
100% (8)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
18% (5)
100% (8)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10 Litter
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10C1 Litter (excluding micro-litter) (10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2)
  • items per 100 m coastline (1)
  • number of items per square kilometre (13)
  • Number of items (1)
  • gram per square metre (7)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10C2 Micro-litter (10.1, 10.1.3)
  • number of items per kilogram of dry weight (8)
  • number of items per square metre (5)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10C3 Litter ingested (10.1, 10.2.1)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10C4 Adverse effects of litter (10.2)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (7 of 8 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (7 of 8 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
% of samples achieving threshold value
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (27 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (1 or 12.5%)
  • Unknown (7 or 87.5%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • Not assessed (11 or 40.7%)
  • Unknown (16 or 59.3%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 12.5%)
  • Yes (7 or 87.5%)
Related indicators
  • BLK-BG-D10C1_1
  • BLK-BG-D10C1_2
  • BLK-BG-D10C1_3
  • BLK-BG-D10C2_1
  • BLK-BG-D10C2_2
  • BLK-BG-D10C2_3
  • 10.1.1
  • 10.1.2
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (10 or 37.0%)
  • Unknown (17 or 63.0%)
  • Good (7 or 87.5%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 12.5%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (10 or 37.0%)
  • Unknown (17 or 63.0%)
  • Good (7 or 87.5%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 12.5%)
Integration rule type for parameters
THRES (7 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
GES achieved if percentile 75 from all categories is achieved
Integration rule type for criteria
Not relevant (25 or 92.6%)
OTH (2 or 7.4%)
Integration rule description for criteria
Only one criteria applied
GES extent threshold
  • 75.00 (7 of 7, or 100.0%)
GES extent achieved
  • 100.00 (7 of 7, or 100.0%)
GES extent unit
  • Proportion of litter categories in good status (7 of 7, or 100.0%)
GES achieved Litter in the environment
  • Unknown (27)
  • GES achieved (7)
  • Unknown (1)
Assessment period
2012-2017 (27 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (7 or 87.5%)
2015-2016 (1 or 12.5%)
Related pressures
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (25 or 50.0%)
  • Litter and micro-litter in species (25 or 50.0%)
  • Litter in the environment (7 or 100.0%)
Related targets
2
1